(01-07-2020, 08:04 AM)Spokes Wrote: I think part of the problem is that mentalities are hard to change.
I moved back to KW in 2007 after having left for Ottawa in 2003. When I got back things were just starting to get going with the pharmacy school and Kaufman lofts. Before I left though DTK was a place you didn't go.
I think a lot of people still think that way
OK so I'm in Wellington NZ for the next few months. Wellington is about the same population as Waterloo Region (Wellington 521k, Waterloo 535k). Yet somehow there is a lot more stuff "downtown" in Wellington vs Waterloo. I think that part of it is that Wellington doesn't have the malls on the edge of town that Waterloo has (and which, to be fair, DTK and all North American municipalities tried to combat in the 70s onwards, with no success). Why? I don't know.
Also, for ijmorlan: a lot of stores in Wellington do have awnings (see attached pic). I guess the weather is rainy often? It does make the street feel more closed off. I'm not convinced that is good. I'll buy that not being rained on is good.